2005/06/15 Council Agenda Packet

Analysis of Criminal Complaint Data The Police Department provided DCP with information about criminal complaints for the three-month period beginning June 1, 1993, for the survey and control blockfronts within the six study areas. The complaints were drawn from precinct files. Criminal complaints are allegations of unlawful acts, generally reported by a victim. The study analyzed this -data to see if there was any association between complaints and adult uses. Within each study area, there were generally more complaints noted in the survey blockfronts compared with the control blockfronts, as shown in Table 4, below. Only in Study Area 3 were more complaints recorded for the control blockfronts compared to the survey block - fronts. In Study Area 4, an equal number of complaints were noted for the survey and control blockfronts. Study Area 6 has too few complaints for meaningful analysis. Within each study area, the number of survey and control blockfronts often differ. In Study Areas 1, 4, 5 and 6, the number of survey blockfronts is greater than the number of control blockfronts. To account for these differences, a control blockfront was "paired" with the sur- vey block -front that has the most similar land uses (and an adult entertainment establishment). 55 EVER00153